US debt load could undercut Warsh’s plan to shrink Fed balance sheet
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) – Incoming Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh’s plans to shrink the U.S. central bank’s “footprint” in financial markets could be constrained by the rising federal debt and potentially lost luster of U.S. Treasuries, analysts said. Warsh, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell,…

